Lots of Ash after every cook☹️

[Travelut50]

I recently bought the Ironwood 650. Ashes everywhere grates and food too. I seasoned it, then did the 3-2-1 ribs. The clean grill indicator showed. I noticed about 1/4 to 3/8 of inch thick ashes and ash dust all over the sides and grates. I have done three cooks total and seems that any cooks over 6 hours generates a lot of ash. Traeger is trying to tell me this a normal??? My old Costco Traeger 22 inch never generated this much ash and it never was above the drip tray. This is after a 9 hour pork shoulder.

 

[JamesB]

Do you have your drip tray installed correctly, and pushed all the way to the back?
The ash below the drip tray looks normal to me…

 

[Travelut50]

Do you have your drip tray installed correctly, and pushed all the way to the back?
The ash below the drip tray looks normal to me…

The tray on the 650 locks in with the slots & tabs on the right and the grease trap on the left. It cannot move front to back when installed. The ash on the grates and food are my big concern.

 

[JamesB]

I suppose it was worth a shot..The tray on my Timberline can move forward or backwards maybe an inch, and I’ll get ash above the tray if I don’t have it all the way to the rear.

 

[Timmy]

What pellets? Traeger?

 

[traeger860]

I also have an IW650 and haven't ever seen that much ash on the bottom of mine. And never on the grates or food. Even after a really long cook. Have you tried another bag of pellets?

 

[Slimpicker]

What pellets? Traeger?

Have you tried another bag of pellets?

It's gotta be his pellets, I'll bet

 

[RemE]

It looks pretty normal, different pellets give off different amounts of ash. Since the grill's are convection ovens, the fan blows the fire exhaust all over inside. Fine ash is going to circulate. The longer the cook, the more ash scattered around.

 

[RustyJake]

Looks like the amount of ash I got from an overnight brisket cook using Lumberjack brand pellets.
Got lots of smoke and flavor from the pellets, but they produced the most ash from any pellet that I have seen so far. I attributed it to possibly their use of bark in the pellets.

 

[Snoopy311]

Hickory ash, yummy.

 

[RoadRunner18]

I do get quite a bit of ash from Lumber Jack Pellets, but its a small detail compared to the flavor i get from their pellets in my opinion. I vacuum the cooking chamber and fire pot after each cook anyway just because I like to start with the clean cooker.

 

[RustyJake]

I do get quite a bit of ash from Lumber Jack Pellets, but its a small detail compared to the flavor i get from their pellets in my opinion. I vacuum the cooking chamber and fire pot after each cook anyway just because I like to start with the clean cooker.

Totally agree. I would use them again without question

 

[miguelb]

Definitely the type of pellets. I try to vacuum after long cooks however.

 

[GrillMeister]

What pellets?

 

[John S.]

I suppose it was worth a shot..The tray on my Timberline can move forward or backwards maybe an inch, and I’ll get ash above the tray if I don’t have it all the way to the rear.

Me too, same issue, with the same fix…